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Abstract:

A cable connector is disclosed. The cable connector includes a male
connector and a female connector. The male connector includes a male base
and male terminals received in the male base. The female connector
includes a female base and female terminals locked with the female base.
Two posts respectively protrude outwardly from ends of two side walls of
the male base. Two locking slots which are tilting are respectively
defined in the middles of two side walls of the female base. When
assembled, the male base is pushed so that the posts are respectively
locked with the corresponding locking slots. The male base of the present
invention is steadily locked with the female base. Furthermore, the male
base of the present invention is disassembled from the female base by
pushing the male base, so that the posts are withdrawn from the locking
slots.

Claims:

1. (canceled)

2. A cable connector, comprising a male connector and a female connector,
the male connector comprising a male base and a plurality of male
terminals received in the male base, the male terminals connected to a
plurality of cables, the female connector comprising a female base and a
plurality of female terminals locked with the female base, wherein two
posts respectively protrude outwardly from ends of two side walls of the
male base, two locking slots which are tilting are respectively defined
on two side walls of the female base for corresponding to the posts, the
posts are locked with the locking slots, two guiding slots are recessedly
defined on top surfaces of the side walls of the female base, the guiding
slots respectively communicate with the corresponding locking slots, the
guiding slots respectively guide the corresponding posts into the
corresponding locking slots, and the guiding slot are respectively locked
with the corresponding locking slots, and the male terminals contact with
the female terminals.

3. The cable connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein the locking slots
respectively comprise a sliding groove which is tilting and a latching
slot which is horizontal, the sliding groove communicates with the
corresponding guiding slot and the latching slot, a latching part which
protrudes inwardly connects the sliding groove with the latching slot, a
lowest point of the latching slot is lower than a border point between
the sliding groove and the latching slot, and the posts respectively
slide along the corresponding sliding grooves, pass the corresponding
latching parts, and are locked with the corresponding locking slots.

4. The cable connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein two protrusions
respectively protrude outwardly from the other two ends of the two side
walls of the male base, and two notches are respectively and recessedly
formed in ends of two side walls of the female base for being locked with
the corresponding protrusions of the male base.

5. The cable connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein a plurality of
terminal slots is defined in the other two ends of the side walls of the
male base where the protrusions respectively protrude outwardly, the male
terminals are received in the terminal slots, and the cables are plugged
in the terminal slots for connecting to the male terminals.

6. The cable connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein a driving part
extends outwardly from an upper surface of the ends of the side walls of
the male base where the posts respectively protrude outwardly, when the
male base is locked with the female base, the driving part projects
beyond the female base.

Description:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention generally relates to a connector, and more
particularly to a cable connector.

[0003] 2. Description of Prior Art

[0004] Cable connectors are widely used in network communication
equipment. A cable connector is disposed on a circuit board. The cable
connector provides a disposal space for cables inserted therein and
comprises conductive terminals which are electrically connected to the
circuit board for data transmission.

[0005] A conventional cable connector generally comprises a female
connector disposed on a circuit board and a male connector connected to
cables. A connection between the female connector and the male connector
is usually implemented by an embedding method. For example, at least one
positioning post is disposed on a side surface of the male connector, and
at least one positioning slot is disposed on the female connector. The
positioning post is plugged into the positioning slot. However, this
direct plug-in method is not steady enough. When the cables are pulled
and dragged upwardly, the positioning post is easily removed from the
positioning slot and thus the male connector and the female connector are
separated. Furthermore, sometimes the cables are easily broken when the
cables are pulled. The above-mentioned problems lead to electrical
disconnection between the female connector and the male connector, and
thus the data transmission is affected.

[0006] Thus, there is a need for a solution to provide an improved cable
connector so that the structure connection between the male connector and
the female connector is steady and the electrical connection between the
male connector and the female connector is stable.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0007] To solve the above-mentioned deficiencies in the prior arts, an
objective of the present invention is to provide a cable connector so
that the structure connection between a male connector and a female
connector is steady and the electrical connection between the male
connector and the female connector is stable.

[0008] To implement the above-mentioned objective, the cable connector in
accordance with to an aspect of the present invention comprises a male
connector and a female connector. The male connector comprises a male
base and a plurality of male terminals received in the male base. The
male terminals are connected to a plurality of cables. The female
connector comprises a female base and a plurality of female terminals
locked with the female base. Two posts respectively protrude outwardly
from ends of two side walls of the male base. Two locking slots which are
tilting are respectively defined on two side walls of the female base for
corresponding to the posts. The posts are locked with the locking slots.
The male terminals contact with the female terminals.

[0009] As mentioned above, in the cable connector in accordance with the
present invention, the two locking slots which are tilting are
respectively defined on the two side walls of the female base, and the
two posts respectively protrude outwardly from ends of two side walls of
the male base. When assembled, the male base is pushed so that the posts
respectively slide in and are locked with the corresponding locking
slots. Compared with the conventional direct plug-in method, the male
base of the present invention is steadily locked with the female base.
Furthermore, the male base of the present invention is disassembled from
the female base by pushing the male base, so that the posts are withdrawn
from the locking slots. Compared with the conventional disassembled
method by pulling and dragging cables, the cables of the present
invention are not broken and the electrical connection performance of the
cable connector is improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0010] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cable connector in accordance
with the present invention.

[0011]FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the cable connector in accordance
with the present invention.

[0012]FIG. 3 is another exploded view of the cable connector in
accordance with the present invention.

[0013]FIG. 4 is another exploded view of the cable connector in
accordance with the present invention.

[0014]FIG. 5 is another exploded view of the cable connector in
accordance with the present invention.

[0015] FIG. 6 is a state diagram of the cable connector before the cable
connector is locked in accordance with the present invention.

[0016]FIG. 7 is a state diagram of the cable connector after the cable
connector is locked in accordance with the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0017] Please refer to FIGS. 1-3, a cable connector in accordance with the
present invention comprises a male connector 1 and a female connector 2.
The male connector 1 comprises a male base 11 and a plurality of male
terminals 12 received in the male base 11. The male terminals 12 are
connected to a plurality of cables 3. The female connector 2 comprises a
female base 21 and a plurality of female terminals 22 locked with the
female base 21. Two posts 111 respectively protrude outwardly from rear
ends of the two side walls of the male base 11. Two locking slots 214
which are tilting are respectively defined in the middles of two side
walls 213 of the female base 21 for corresponding to the two posts 111.
The posts 111 slide along the corresponding locking slots 214 to be
locked with the locking slots 214. The male terminals 12 contact with the
female terminals 22.

[0018] Please refer to FIGS. 4-5, the posts 111 respectively protrude
outwardly from the rear ends of the two side walls of the male base 11.
Two protrusions 112 respectively protrude outwardly from front ends of
the two side walls of the male base 11. A driving part 113 extends
backwardly from an upper surface of the male base 11. A plurality of
terminal slots 114 is defined in a front end of the male base 11. In the
present embodiment, three terminal slots 114 are defined. The three male
terminals 12 are correspondingly received in the three terminal slots
114, and the cables 3 are plugged in the terminal slots 114 for
connecting to the male terminals 12.

[0019] Please refer to FIGS. 2 and 4, the female base 21 comprises a
bottom surface 211. Two side walls 213 respectively extend upwardly from
two sides of the bottom surface 211. A stopping part 212 extends upwardly
from a rear end of the bottom surface 211. A plurality of locking holes
(not shown) is defined in the stopping part 212. The female terminals 22
are locked in the locking holes. Two locking slots 214 are respectively
defined in the middles of the two side walls 213. The locking slots 214
respectively comprise a sliding groove 214a which is tilting and a
latching slot 214c which is horizontal. A latching part 214b which
protrudes inwardly connects the sliding groove 214a to the latching slot
214c. The two latching parts 214b are parallel. Each of the latching
slots 214c expands outwardly from one end of the latching part 214b such
that the lowest point of the latching slot 214c is lower than a border
point between the latching part 214b and the latching slot 214c. Two
guiding slot 215 are respectively and recessedly defined on top surfaces
of the side walls 213. The guiding slots 215 respectively communicate
with the sliding grooves 214a. When the male base 11 is locked with the
female base 21, the guiding slots 215 respectively guide the posts 11 to
slide into the sliding grooves 214a. Then, the male base 11 is pushed,
and the posts respectively slide in the corresponding sliding grooves
214a which are tilting. Finally, the posts 111 respectively pass the
corresponding latching parts 214b, and thus the posts 111 are
respectively locked with the corresponding latching slots 214c.
Furthermore, two notches 216 are respectively and recessedly formed in
two border locations between the two side walls 213 and a front end of
the bottom surface 211 of the female base 21 for being locked with the
corresponding protrusions 112 of the male base 11. When the male base 11
is locked with the female base 21, the driving part 113 is supported by
the stopping part 212 and projects beyond the stopping part 212.

[0020] Please refer to FIGS. 5-7, which show assembled and disassembled
processes of the cable connector in accordance with the present
invention. Before the male base 11 is attached to the female base 21, the
male terminals 12 are received in the terminal slots 114 of the male base
11, and the cables 3 are plugged in the terminal slots 14 and contact
with the male terminals 12. The female terminals 22 are locked with the
stopping part 212 of the female base 21. To assemble the male base 11
with the female base 21, the female base 21 supports the male base 11,
and the posts 111 are respectively matched with the corresponding slots
215. The guiding slots 215 respectively guide the corresponding posts 111
to slide into the corresponding sliding slots 214a. Then, the male base
11 is pushed along an arrow direction as shown in FIG. 6, so that the
posts 111 of the male base 11 respectively slide in the corresponding
sliding slots 214a. When keeping on pushing the male base 11, the posts
111 respectively pass the corresponding latching parts 214b and slide
into the corresponding latching slots 214c. Finally, the posts 111 are
respectively locked with the corresponding latching slots 214c, and thus
the male base 11 is locked with the female base 21. Furthermore, when the
male base 11 slides forwardly, the protrusions 112 respectively slide in
the corresponding notches 216 of the female base 21 as well. The posts
111 are respectively locked with the corresponding latching slots 214c,
while the protrusions 112 are respectively locked with the corresponding
notches 216. The notches 216 function to prevent the male base 11 from
moving upwardly. The driving part 113 in the rear end of the male base 11
projects beyond the female base 21. The locking slots 214 are tilting,
the latching parts 214b protrude inwardly, and the protrusions 112 are
locked with the corresponding notches 216, so that the male base 11 is
locked with the female base 21 well. Compared with the conventional
direct plug-in method, the male base 11 of the present invention is not
easily removed from the female base 21 even if the cables 3 are pulled
and dragged upwardly.

[0021] When the male connector 1 is required to be disassembled from the
female connector 2, the driving part 113 of the male base 11 is pushed
along an arrow direction as shown in FIG. 7 so that the male base 11
slides along the arrow direction. The posts 111 respectively pass the
corresponding latching parts 214b, and then the posts 111 are
respectively withdrawn from the corresponding latching slots 214c.
Accordingly, the male base 11 is disassembled from the female base 21.
Compared with the conventional disassembled method by pulling and
dragging the cables 3, the male base 11 of the present invention is
disassembled from the female base 21 by pushing the male base 11.
Accordingly, the cables of the present invention 3 are not broken, and
the electrical connection performance of the cable connector is improved.

[0022] As mentioned above, the cable connector in accordance with the
present invention comprises the male connector 1 and the female connector
2. The male connector 1 comprises the male base 11 and the male terminals
12 received in the male base 11. The male terminals 12 are connected to
the cables 3. The female connector 2 comprises the female base 21 and the
female terminals 22 locked with the female base 21. The two posts 111
respectively protrude outwardly from ends of the two side walls of the
male base 11. The two locking slots 214 which are tilting are
respectively defined on the two side walls 213 of the female base 21 for
corresponding to the posts 111. The posts 111 are respectively locked
with the corresponding locking slots 214. The male terminals 12 contact
with the female terminals 22. When the male base 11 is assembled to the
female base 21, the male base 11 is pushed along a direction so that the
posts 111 respectively slide in the corresponding locking slots 214 and
are locked with the locking slots 214. When the male base 11 is
disassembled from the female base 21, the male base 11 is pushed along
another direction opposite to the direction so that the posts 111 are
respectively withdrawn from the corresponding locking slots 214.
Accordingly, the male base 11 is disassembled from the female base 21.
Compared with the conventional direct plug-in method, the posts 111 of
the present invention are steadily locked with the locking slots 214.
Furthermore, the male base 11 is disassembled from the female 21 by
pushing the male base 11, and thus the cables 3 are not broken and the
electrical connection performance of the cable connector is improved.

[0023] As is understood by a person skilled in the art, the foregoing
preferred embodiments of the present invention are illustrative rather
than limiting of the present invention. It is intended that they cover
various modifications and similar arrangements be included within the
spirit and scope of the appended claims, the scope of which should be
accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such
modifications and similar structure.